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JCs Angels Accounting Firm

San Francisco Street, Butuan City

To the Board of Directors


Unnamed Company
San Francisco Street, Butuan City
June 22, 2015

Dear Sir/ Madame:


With this engagement letter, we are to confirm our understanding of the terms and objectives of our
engagement as well as the nature and limitations of the services we will provide.
As appointed auditors of Unnamed Company, we are to audit the Statement of Financial Position as of
the Year ended 2014, Statement of Comprehensive Income and related consolidated reports on
operations, Statement of Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended.
The objective of our audit is the expression of an opinion about whether the financial statements are fairly
presented, in all material respects, in conformity with the Philippine Financial Reporting Standards
(PFRS), Philippine Accounting Standards (PAS) and with applicable International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS) and International Accounting Standards (IAS). Our audit will be conducted in
accordance with Generally Acceptable Auditing Standards (GAAS) with compliance on the rule of conduct
of ethical requirements. This will include tests of your accounting records and other procedures we
consider necessary to enable us to express such an opinion. If our opinion is other than unqualified, we
will discuss the reasons with you in advance. If, for any reason, we are unable to complete the audit or
are unable to form or have not formed an opinion, we may decline to express an opinion or to issue a
report as a result of this engagement.
We are to make audit objectives based on your financial statement assertions to almost all accounts with
corresponding audit procedures. Our procedures will comprise tests of documentary evidence supporting
the transactions recorded in the accounts, tests of the physical existence of assets, and certain other
assets and liabilities by correspondence with selected members, creditors, and financial institutions. At
the conclusion of our audit, we will require certain written representations from you about the financial
statements and related matters.
Subsequently, our audit will involve examining on a test basis but not on a detailed manner of examining
all transactions, requiring the need for our professional judgment on the number of transactions to be
examined, the areas to be tested and amount of sufficient appropriate evidence. Also, we will plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. Since an audit is designed to provide reasonable assurance, but not absolute,
there is a risk that material errors, fraud, or illegal acts, may exist and not be detected by us. In addition,
an audit is not designed to detect immaterial errors, fraud, or other illegal acts or illegal acts that do not
have a direct effect on the financial statements. Our engagement cannot, therefore, be relied upon to
disclose all errors, fraud, or other illegal acts that may exist. However, we will inform you of any material
errors, fraud and illegal acts that come to our attention, unless clearly inconsequential. Our responsibility
as auditors is limited to the period covered by our audit and does not extend to any later periods of which
we are not engaged as auditors.
As the management of the Unnamed Company, you are responsible for adopting sound accounting
policies, for maintaining an adequate and efficient accounting system, for safeguarding assets, for
authorizing transactions, for retaining supporting documentation for those transactions, and for devising a

system of internal controls that will, among other things, help assure the preparation of proper financial
statements. You are responsible for the design and implementation of programs and controls to prevent
and detect fraud, and for informing us about all known or suspected fraud affecting the Unnamed
Company involving the management, employees who have significant roles in internal control, and other
stakeholders where the fraud could have a material effect on the financial statements. Furthermore, you
are responsible for management decisions and functions, for designating a competent employee to
oversee any of the services we provide, and for evaluating the adequacy and results of those services.
In order for us to efficiently complete this engagement, we require unrestricted access to all documents.
Any failure to provide such cooperation, on a timely basis, will impede our services, and may require us to
suspend our services or withdraw from the engagement. Our fees, which will be billed as work
progresses, are based on the time required by the individuals assigned to the engagement plus out-ofpocket expenses. Individual hourly rates vary according to the degree of responsibility involved and the
experience and skill required.
After full consideration and consultation with counsel if so desired, you agree that the foregoing terms
shall govern this engagement, please sign this letter in the space provided and return the original signed
letter to me, keeping a fully-executed copy for your records.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

ACCEPTED AND AGREED:


Unnamed Company
Acknowledged on behalf of the company by:

__________________
(Signature/Date)

Name of Auditor/Auditing Firm:

DESIREE G. RUBEN
Engagement Partner
(Signature/Date)

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